Saturday, November 3, 2012

If 1.5 dogs eat 1.5 pounds of meat in 1.5 days, how much will 16 dogs eat in 4 days?

1.5 dogs eat 1.5 pounds of meat in 1.5 days this means that 1.5 dogs eat 1 pound of meat/day
or to get rid of the decimal, 3 dogs eat 2 pounds of meat/day so 16 dogs would eat 32/3 pounds of meat/day
because 2*16/3=32/3 so in 4 days they will have eaten 128/3 pounds of meat because 4*32/3=128/3

the answer is therefore 128/3 pounds of meat which can written as 42 2/3 .

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